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A. C. Wyatt is a nineteen-year-old writer and university student from Canada. When she’s not writing, she can be found a) reading, b) fangirling over fictional characters, or c) procrastinating. She also hates talking about herself in 3rd person, and can most likely be found at the computer.

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(Arianna is not only one of my best friends, but she’s my resident comic book geek, writing buddy, and all-around fangirling compatriot. When she’s not working, doing homework or watching one of her many beloved TV shows, you can find her on Tumblr.) Comic books have always been famous for their instantly changing storylines and […]

Last Thursday night, ABC officially cancelled Marvel’s Agent Carter. When my friend texted to tell me the news, not only was I sad, but I was angry. We’d talked not the night before about how much we hoped the show wouldn’t get cancelled. So now I sit here with a low-simmering rage, trying to get […]

Look, I’m not ashamed of my intelligence, nor am I complaining about it. I am very, very grateful that I have smart parents and smart grandparents who passed on their DNA on to me. I am. And I wouldn’t give that up for the world. I’m not trying to complain about it, either. But here’s […]

Here’s the thing: we don’t need to have a slightly-overweight-turned-lean-warrior girl searching for her kidnapped father for there to be moral ambiguity. That’s like saying a story can’t have drama in it unless there’s a love triangle, or a manuscript doesn’t have any suspense in it unless it’s a murder-mystery. The truth you’re not seeing is those dumb high school stories can be rich with moral ambiguity, too.

Instead of placing blame and discriminating against people because they believe in a religion made infamous for birthing radicals, we should focus on helping Paris heal. Saying every Muslim is a terrorist is like saying every Christian is a misogynistic white supremacist. It’s untrue and demeaning. This “us vs. them” culture that’s revealed itself so much in Paris’ aftermath is just as toxic as ISIS’ radical form of Islam.

It’s not just potential fires; it’s car accidents, fights, explosions. Everyone wants to record them. Maybe it’s the six seconds (sorry, couldn’t help it) of fame it gets them. Maybe it’s that part of us that makes us slow down at car accidents and stare because secretly we love destruction. I don’t know.

Paul Carson had planned to have a fun night with his family at TIFF. He took his daughters and wife to the festival so they could see the celebrities. Instead, they got a jerk shouting the infamous “FHRINP” (only this time it was FHRITA, because FHRITP was too classy for him). His fifteen-year-old daughter was […]

know that joking about mental health and sexual assault is ‘in’ right now, but we’re the ones who are keeping it in. There are so many other things to joke about that don’t belittle real problems that real people face, so many things that are funnier or cooler than an “oh my god, this movie is depressing me, I’m gonna go kill myself.”

If you’re reading this, chances are that you’re a nerd now or you were one before. Maybe you like Marvel movies more than your average Joe. Maybe you have curly hair. Maybe you’re a little too into Harry Potter. Maybe you prefer staying in and catching up on Doctor Who on Friday night instead of […]

Joss Whedon has created some of the most famous strong female characters—he wrote Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and turned Maria Hill and Melinda May and the Scarlett Witch and Agent Freaking Carter into Strong Women Role Models. And yes, maybe there’s still room for improvement in the ratio of male superheroes to female superheroes–and with female superheroes themselves–but Joss Whedon has done a whole lot for boss female characters and the girls who watch them.